Improvement in snuff-packages



'B. F. WEYM-AN. Snuff-Package.

No 199,128. Patented Jan. 8, I878.

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UNITED STATES PATEWCE B. FRANK WEYMAN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SNUFF-PACKAGES Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 199,128, dated January 8, 1878; application filed December15, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, B. FRANK WEYMAN, of thecity of Pittsburg and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Packages for Containing Snuff, of which thefollowing is a clear, full, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, inwhich the figure is a vertical section of my improved snuff-package.

This invention relates to useful improvements in packages for containingsnuff, whereby the same is kept air-tight, and the cover easily andquickly removed or replaced when desired; and the invention consists ofa glass jar having a groove upon its top, within which a tin cup-shapedcover rests, in combination with an outer tin-foil covering, forinclosin g the flaring neck of the jar and holding the tin cover inposition on the jar, as will be hereinafter fully described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawing, A represents a glass jar, within which the snuff ispacked. The top of the jar is provided with a groove, B, within whichfits the edge of the tin cup-shaped cover O. The tin-foil D, placed overthe top of the jar and cover 0, serves the purpose of covering theflaring neck of the jar and securing the cover in position. The tin-foilis made large enough to extend down and be tightly compressed around theneck of the jar, thus affording a cheap and ready means of securelyholding the tin cover 0 in position. A sheet of tin-foil or othersuitable packing, E, is also placed over the mouth of the jar before thetin cover is placed thereon, thus afi'ording an air-tight packing forthe jar.

I am aware that glass jars having a groove upon the top, within whichfits a cover, are old, and such I do not claim, broadly, as myinvention; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described package for snuff, consisting of a glass jar, A,having a groove, B, in its top, and a tin cup-shaped cover, 0, incombination with the outer tin-foil covering D, inclosing the flaringneck of the jar, and covering inner cover 0, and with the inner packingE, substantially as specified.

B. FRANK WEYMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN HAWKINS, WILLIAM OETTING.

